ABSTRACT

As individuals accumulate media-based experiences with famous exemplars of racial/ethnic outgroups, subsequent reminders of those exemplars may elicit positive attitudes about the group as a whole. This “generalized appraisal process” was tested in two online experiments (one a replication) with US White 13- to 17-year-olds (N = 167; N = 200), who were randomized to see information about US Latino celebrities, Asian/Asian-American celebrities, or to a no-exposure control condition. Each celebrity condition (relative to control) increased warmth toward the focal group. There were further indirect-only effects of condition on other school-related judgments about each group, via the effect on warmth. In addition, consistent with secondary transfer hypotheses, each celebrity condition (relative to control) positively affected judgments about other racial/ethnic groups, via warmth toward the focal group. There was less support for racial stratification hypotheses.

摘要

当个人积累了以种族/族裔外来群体的著名榜样为基础的基于媒体的经验时，随后对这些榜样的提醒可能会引起人们对该群体整体的积极态度。这个“总体评估过程”是在两个在线实验中进行的，其中一个是对13至17岁的美国白人（N = 167；N= 200），他们被随机分配以查看有关美国拉丁裔名人，亚裔/亚裔美国人的信息或处于非接触控制状态。每个名人状况（相对于对照）都会增加对焦点人群的热情。通过对温暖的影响，条件对每个小组的其他与学校有关的判断还具有间接影响。此外，与二次转移假说相一致，每个名人状况（相对于对照）通过对焦点小组的热情对待，对其他种族/族裔群体的判断产生了积极影响。对种族分层假说的支持较少。